Measuring second language vocabulary acquisition / James Milton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milton, James, 1955-

Series:

Second language acquisition (London, England) ; 45.

Second language acquisition ; 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Vocabulary--Study and teaching.

Vocabulary.

Second language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Buffalo : Multiligual Matters, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Measuring Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition provides an examination of the background to testing vocabulary knowledge in a second language and in particular considers the effect that word frequency and lexical coverage have on learning and communication in a foreign language. It examines the tools we have for assessing the various facets of vocabulary knowledge such as aural and written word recognition, the link with word meaning, and vocabulary depth. These are illustrated and the scores they produce are demonstrated to provide normative data. Vocabulary acquisition from course books and in the classroom in examined, as is vocabulary uptake from informal tasks. This book ties scores on tests of vocabulary breadth to performance on standard foreign language examinations and on hierarchies of communicative performance such as the CEFR.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Explanations and Definitions

Chapter 2. Word Difficulty, Word Frequency and Acquisition: Lexical Profiles

Chapter 3. Frequency and Coverage

Chapter 4. Measuring Vocabulary Breadth: Passive Recognition Vocabulary

Chapter 5. Measuring Other Aspects of Vocabulary Breadth

Chapter 6. Measuring Productive Vocabulary Knowledge

Chapter 7. Measuring Vocabulary Depth

Chapter 8. Vocabulary Acquisition and Assessments of Language Level

Chapter 9. Vocabulary Acquisition and Classroom Input

Chapter 10. Vocabulary Acquisition and Informal Language Input

Chapter 11. Implications for Learning and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612656965

9781847693785

1847693784

9781282656963

1282656961

9781847692092

1847692095

OCLC:

609423976